A peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the discovery, validation, and clinical evaluation of biomarkers and the assessment of diagnostic test performance. It advances evidence on how biomarkers and diagnostic tests are developed, standardised, and applied in screening, diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring across human disease, with emphasis on methodological quality and transparent reporting.
Aims & Scope
Biomarkers and Diagnostic Accuracy is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the discovery, validation, and clinical evaluation of biomarkers and the assessment of diagnostic test performance. The journal advances evidence on how biomarkers and diagnostic tests are developed, standardised, and applied in screening, diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring across human disease.
It provides a dedicated outlet for rigorous diagnostic-accuracy research and biomarker validation, with emphasis on methodological quality, reproducibility, and transparent reporting. The journal welcomes work of broad clinical and translational value while remaining open to studies relevant to resource-conscious settings. Two issues are published each year.
Open-data requirement. As a condition of publication, the complete underlying dataset must be shared as a supplementary table deposited in a public repository.
— BDA editorial policyEditorial
The founding editorial team for BDA is being assembled. Full names and affiliations will be published ahead of the inaugural issue.
Editorial leadership for BDA is being confirmed.
Leads editorial strategy and final decisions.
Oversees workflow, production, and author correspondence.
Handle peer review across the journal’s sections.
Provides strategic and scientific guidance.
Editorial board enquiries: info@punicascience.com.
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Issues
Every article is open access and free to read, each assigned a DOI on publication. Browse the issues below.
Accepted, peer-reviewed articles appear here as soon as they are typeset — ahead of assignment to a numbered issue — each fully citable by DOI. No articles are online first yet; the first will appear as BDA begins publishing.
All published volumes will be listed here, openly and permanently. The archive opens with Volume 1 (2026).
For Authors
Biomarkers and Diagnostic Accuracy is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the discovery, validation, and clinical evaluation of biomarkers and the assessment of diagnostic test performance. The journal advances evidence on how biomarkers and diagnostic tests are developed, standardised, and applied in screening, diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring across human disease.
It provides a dedicated outlet for rigorous diagnostic-accuracy research and biomarker validation, with emphasis on methodological quality, reproducibility, and transparent reporting. The journal welcomes work of broad clinical and translational value while remaining open to studies relevant to resource-conscious settings. Two issues are published each year.
The journal accepts unsolicited submissions of full-length papers, systematic reviews with meta-analysis, case reports, brief communications, and letters to the editor. Narrative reviews and editorials are published by invitation only.
Submit the manuscript as a single editable file (DOCX or LaTeX) in English, double-spaced and with continuous line numbering. Assemble it in this order: title page (title, all authors and affiliations, and the corresponding author’s contact details), abstract, main text, declarations, references, then tables and figures with their legends.
The abstract format follows the article type — structured abstracts use the headings shown in the requirements table; others are unstructured. Abstract and total word limits are listed there, and total counts exclude the abstract, references, tables, and figure legends. Define all abbreviations at first use and report measurements in SI units.
| Article type | Abstract | Abstract headings | Abstract words | Total words | Tables / figures | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-length paper | Structured | Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions | 250 | 3500 | 8 combined | 40 |
| Systematic review & meta-analysis | Structured | Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions | 300 | 5000 | 8 combined | 80 |
| Case report | Unstructured | — | 150 | 2000 | 2 combined | 20 |
| Brief communication | Unstructured | — | 150 | 2000 | 2 combined | 20 |
| Letter to the editor | Unstructured | — | 100 | 1000 | 1 combined | 10 |
| Narrative review (invited) | Unstructured | — | 250 | 5000 | 8 combined | 100 |
| Editorial (invited) | None | — | — | 1500 | 1 combined | 10 |
“Tables / figures” is a combined maximum. Invited article types are commissioned by the editors.
Cite every table and figure in the text in numerical order, and keep the total within the combined limit for your article type. Supply each figure at publication resolution with a concise, self-contained legend, and provide tables as editable text rather than as images. Obtain and acknowledge permission for any previously published material, and state sample sizes and statistical measures in the legends where relevant.
BDA follows the AMA (American Medical Association) reference style. Cite references with superscript numbers in the order they first appear in the text, and list them in that numerical order. Format each reference by source type as follows:
Author AA, Author BB, Author CC. Title of the article. Abbrev Journal Name. 2025;12(3):145-152. doi:10.55831/exampleAuthor AA. Title of the Book. 2nd ed. Publisher; 2024.Author AA. Title of the chapter. In: Editor EE, ed. Title of the Book. Publisher; 2024:88-104.Organisation Name. Title of the page. Published March 1, 2025. Accessed June 10, 2026. https://example.org/pageBDA operates single-anonymous peer review: reviewers see the authors’ identities, while the reviewers themselves remain anonymous to the authors. Each suitable manuscript is assessed by at least two independent referees with editor oversight.
In the interest of transparency, the full review reports are published alongside the article for every submission that is accepted.
Every article is published open access under a Creative Commons CC BY licence, and authors retain copyright while granting the journal a licence to publish.
There is no cost to authors. Punica Science Publishing provides a full waiver to all authors and covers the article-processing charges (APCs) in their entirety — publishing in BDA is free for both authors and readers.
BDA applies a mandatory open-data policy. As a condition of publication, the complete underlying dataset must be shared as a supplementary table deposited in a public repository. Manuscripts without the deposited dataset will not be sent for review.
The journal follows COPE principles. Submission implies the work is original, not under consideration elsewhere, and free of plagiarism. Authors must declare conflicts of interest and funding, confirm ethical approval and informed consent for studies involving humans or animals, and meet recognised authorship criteria. Suspected misconduct is handled according to COPE guidance.
All submissions are made online. New authors should first register, then log in to the submission portal to upload the manuscript, figures, and data statement and to track it through peer review. For any questions, the editorial office can be reached at info@punicascience.com.